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Tom Stewart is an ambitious crime reporter - which means digging up facts that many would prefer stay buried. And there's a few who'd like someone Tom has - the unethical detective sergeant Ray Birch who is looking for information on a robbery. During the investigation, Tom meets Morris Martin, a man mourning the accidental death of his wife Claudine. But Morris develops the erratic idea that his friends are keeping Claudine, who is alive and being kept hidden. One by one, Morris tracks his friends down and kills them - and Tom uses his newspaper connections to dig a little deeper to find a real surprise twist in the case - together with the realisation that Morris AND Birch are after him... -
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are friends and rival trumpeters with 'O'Neill's Perennials', a college band and they've managed to prolong their college careers by failing seven years in a row. Ellen Miller catches the eye of both Danny and Hank at a performance - and when she serves them a notice for her boss, a debt collector, the fast-talking guys soon have her working as their manager. Tired of losing gigs to the 'Perennials', Artie Shaw ( playing himself) steals the competent Ellen away to be his booking manager. And now the rivals begin to scheme to get themselves into Shaw's band - each determined to out-play the other! Light musical comedy. -
Baxter Thwaites is the Governor of one of the last outposts of the British Empire - Cascara, a small Caribbean island where the inhabitants spend their days smoking grass. Then an unexpectedly lucrative discovery is made - a gusher of ultra delicious, natural mineral water. There's uproar to the max as a motley crew of challengers all vie for control of the sparkling gold - including Thwaites' hot-blooded wife, a Texan billionaire, a sexy activist, a Rasta DJ, a singing revolutionary, Cuban advisers, U.S. 'peace-keepers', arrogant Frenchman and a representative from Mrs. Thatcher's government! Also stars Valerie Perrine, Jimmie 'J.J.' Walker, Fred Gwynne, Brenda Vaccaro and Dick Shawn; and guest appearances by George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Ruby Wax. -
There comes a time in life when you are on the brink of finding your place in the world - the path you chose at that crucial point affects who you are and who you will become. At the crossroads are Iris, Margaret, Paula and Jane, trying to make their mark. They come together as 'temps' for the Global Credit Association, each girl seeing her job as temporary and they each dream of bigger things. They become friends, sharing their dreams and desires - but the fragile bond between them is broken with the introduction of a fifth woman and the strange events that follow - resulting in paranoia, suspicion and betrayal. -
A commercial airliner crashes, killing all aboard except for one of the crew, a stewardess. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators blame pilot error, but the airline’s Director of Flight Operations, himself a pilot, refuses to accept that conclusion and demands that the inquiry probe deeper into all the circumstances that contributed to the disaster. The narrative explores the lives of passengers and crew as well as the technical operations of aircraft, the process of investigation, and the pressures brought to bear by relentless news media and industry politics.Also stars Rod Taylor, Mary Wickes and witrh a guest appearance by Jane Russell as herself.
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